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Willow Pond Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Oxfordshire, OX13 5EF

Refused Vale of White Horse P25/V1910/LDE Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Wood cladded storage container currently used as a welfare unit, 27 m2 situated east to west along fenceline with road. power supplied by generator. used for daily welfare, washing hands, changing wet or muddy clothes, shelter from rain. Portacabin 27m2 situated east to west along fenceline with road, powered by solar panels, used for animal welfare, hatching and raising young stock Stables situated North to South as shown on plans approx 128 m2 All these buildings are located within the RED lines, They have all been on site for over 10 years hence my application for Lawful Development Certificate. Within this area, but further to the East, I also keep chickens, Ducks on the pond, Geese, and Turkeys The RED line covers approx 1 acre of my land The remainder of my land, approx 4 acres has been used for grazing of animals over the past 15 years+ by myself, for the keeping of rescue donkeys, horses and geese,and therefore I believe is immune from enforcement by planning too, and applies for a certificate of lawfullness too.

As published by the council, reference P25/V1910/LDE

Application record

Reference
P25/V1910/LDE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refusal of Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Received
3 Sep 2025
Validated
23 Jan 2026
Decided
10 Jun 2026
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
OX13 5EF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Sep 2025

    Received by Vale of White Horse

  2. 23 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Refusal of Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

  4. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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